Federal Judge Adds to MTR Rulings

A federal judge has "blocked additional valley fill activities at locations with three new mining permits until the mine operators provide details of how far work on valley fills has progressed at those sites," The Charleston Gazette reports.

U.S. District Judge Robert C. Chambers also said "the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must stop stonewalling environmental group requests for information about new mountaintop-removal mining permits," the article said.